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HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA 



BAMBUSA. 



Gramina {arundo)^ Lin, — Gramineae. Juss, Broivn. 



arundi' B. panicula* ramosa divaricata. WtlkL 



naeea. Sp. PL 2. p.245, Hort. Kew.2.p/S16. b 



Bambos arundinacea. Ro^vb, Cor. 1, p, 



56. t. 79, 



Arundo Bambos. Sp, PI. 120. 

 Bambuj or Bamboo Cane. Miller, 



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* The Bamboo flowered for the first time in Barbados about 

 seven or eight years since, having- been introduced into the 

 island nearly half a century previously, and extensively propa- 

 gated by cutting's of the stem. The year was generally dry, 

 and the period of flowering particularly so; but the plants which 

 flowered were in an elevated situation, not far from Mount Hil- 

 laby, and in a cool and moist spot, termed Pory's Spring. The 

 plants, although of considerable growth, were by no means the 

 oldest in the island, the first planted roots being at an estate 

 situate it the valloy- 



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